**TO THE EDITORIAL OFFICE OF THE NEWSPAPER "PROLETARSKAYA PRAVDA"**

Source: PSS vol. 48

of Duma representation! This is no longer merely a "reading" crowd — it is an organized force. The conference decided — the six accomplished — organized thousands approved after discussing and signing — that is what is called a party against that little newspaper, the new edition of the old "Comrade," the "New Workers' Gazette," which fouls and poisons the workers' movement with intelligentsia b... And how splendidly the workers' Duma faction has unfolded its activity! At once a step forward not only in the name, but in the entire work! How magnificent is Badaev's speech on freedom of coalitions compared with the repetition of... liberal little thoughts by Tulyakov!

Farewell, dear comrade, spit on the Mensheviks as often as you can, study the facts of the present workers' movement, think deeply about their significance, and your, excuse me, sourness will pass — you will not seek a "middle line," but will help in the rallying of workers against the gang of traitors.

Your V. I.

Sent from Kraków to Irkutsk

First published in 1938

in the journal "Bolshevik" No. 2

Printed from the manuscript